REDISCOVERING ZEN’S ROOTS IN ANCIENT CHINA

Join us Apr 6 - 8 for Rediscovering Zen's Roots in Ancient China with philosopher David Hinton who teaches at Columbia University. His books include Existence: A Story, The Wilds of Poetry, and his translation of the Ch'an classic No-Gate Gateway (Wu-men Kuan) is forthcoming.

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Roshi Joan begins the evening by reading a poem by Lisel Mueller. Dan Siegal then tells a story that affected his life and the development of Mindsight. Dan introduces a list of 9 functions that integrates the cortex, limbic area, brain stem, the body and the social world. The list includes regulating the body, attuning […]

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Participants begin the afternoon by sharing what they experienced during the wheel of awareness exercise. Dan then leads the group in awareness training and how to stabilize the mind. He introduces the mental subjective experience diagram, where subjective experience meets physical dimensions of neuro-firing. To access the entire series, please click on the link below: […]

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Roshi Joan begins the talk by quoting William James, “Each of us literally chooses by his (or her) way of attending to things what sort of universe he (or she) shall appear to inhabit.” Dan introduces the “Wheel of Awareness,” which he describes as the architecture of the mind. Dan leads a guided meditation through […]

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Roshi Joan begins today’s talk by reviewing the mornings guided meditation and how the posture can influence our mental continuum. Dan goes deeper into the triangle of human experience, and asks how it can be a triangle of well-being? He introduces the “domains of integration,” which states that when a system is integrated, it is […]

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Dr. Dan Siegel and Roshi Joan Halifax kick off the Mindsight retreat by asking the question, what is awareness and why does it matter? Dan goes on by saying that if you’re interested in change, awareness is the place to start. Without awareness, things happen without choice and change occurs without intention. Dan introduces the […]

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The topic of Tias’ talk tonight is Manjusri’s sword of discriminating wisdom. According to Tias, one edge of the sword signifies our differentiating mind while the other represents oneness and single pointed concentration. Tias continues at length explaining the way in which the symbolic power of the sword can be used in meditative practices to […]

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Author, painter, poet and long time Zen practitioner, Natalie Goldberg begins her talk by sharing a personal experience about Cuba, New Mexico and how a misunderstanding taught her that sometimes teachers do not always know more than students. During a recent retreat, she asked her students “what is your most essential fear?” Natalie realized that […]

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Speaker: Gregory Kramer How can we meet our experience with awareness? As in our practice on the cushion, in our practice in relationship we trust emergence. We relinquish the small sense of “I” and open to others, knowing that the wisdom and compassion of the body-mind will emerge.

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Zen Brain Question and Answer Session #3 Recorded on: January 10, 2009 Posted on: February 17, 2009 Speaker: Presenters and Audience Show: 121 The faculty addresses questions such as: what is consciousness, awareness and attention? How do we bring together the perspectives of scientific research and the Dharma? How do we apply both of these […]